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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF E.

DENSMORE R. FAULKNER, OF CORTLAND, NEW YORK.

- FABRIC FOR CARRIAGE-TOPS,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,301, dated October 5, 1886.

Application filed May 29, 1886. Serial No. 203,662. (Specimens) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DENSMORE R. FAULK- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cortland, in the county of Cortland and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coverings for Carriage- Tops, of which the following is a specification.

To overcome the objections of stretching and distorting the material and of spotting the inner covering of the top, I place beneath the lining and the buckram or other suitable thick flexible material a water-proof paper, which maybe made from the best Manila fiber and ground scraps of leather suitably prepared in the form of a pulp and felted and pressed together; or the paper may be made of other materials that will give it sufficient body for the purpose for which it is intended. On one side of the paper thus prepared'there is applied a coating of water-proof material, composed of linseed oi-lrbenzmfialli l irge, sugar of lead asb ws lye, andg r lish, which hor yl lwli@ironm and finely ground, to give a hard, non-porous, smooth coating to the side of the paper to be used next to the inner lining of cloth. The lining-cloth of the carriage-top is smoothly laid over and upon the coated side of the paper thus prepared with water-proof substance, with its end s folded over the ends of the paper. The opposite side of the paper from that to which the water-proof substance is applied is then given a strong coating of paste or other adhesive substance and the buckram laid thereon, and the leather or other outer covering material is pasted to the buckram, when the different layers of material thus combined are securely pressed together and allowed to remain in that position until thoroughly dried, when the edges are stitched, and the material, 0 possessing all desired flexibility, is ready for use.

With the top-thus constructed and combined of the different materials set forth, the liability of spotting, discoloring, or otherwise injuring the lining-cloth from moisture of the paste or other adhesive substance is avoided, and the buckram is protected from exposure to dampness and rain, which so frequently causes it to become distorted and stretched, rendering a '50 new top necessary.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

As an improved article of manufacture, a covering for carriage-tops, consisting of buckram secured to the outer material and an inner layer of paper by adhesive substance, said paper being water-proofed on its inner side and covered by the lining of the top, substan- 6o tially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DENSMORE R. FAULKNER.

Witnesses:

R. C. DUE L, R. H. DUELL. 

